Kishan Gautam
Gurugram
Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, developing, integrating, and supporting large-scale full-stack, distributed, and cloud-native applications across telecom, retail, finance, and enterprise messaging domains. Strong expertise in Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, gRPC, Event-Driven Architecture, Kafka, AWS, React, TypeScript, Docker, and Kubernetes. Experienced in building scalable APIs, enterprise integrations, production-ready applications, and resilient distributed systems. Hands-on experience collaborating with product, architecture, engineering, and business teams to understand requirements, design technical solutions, troubleshoot complex production issues, and deliver software end-to-end. Experienced in AI-enabled application development using LLMs, RAG, Vector Databases, Spring AI, Amazon Bedrock, and MCP concepts.
Overview
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Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack, Distributed Systems & AI Engineering
NETCRACKER
Gurugram
01.2025 - Current
- Build and enhance Java 17 / Spring Boot microservices and API-driven workflows for distributed enterprise platforms.
- Develop and integrate services using REST APIs, gRPC, Kafka, and asynchronous messaging across multiple system and technology boundaries.
- Contribute to cloud-native and containerised architectures using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, supporting scalable and resilient application deployments.
- Design and implement AI-enabled solution patterns using RAG, Vector Databases, Spring AI, and Amazon Bedrock to drive intelligent automation and support operational use cases.
- Investigated complex production issues across distributed services, performed root-cause analysis, and implemented corrective solutions to enhance system stability.
- Contributed to performance optimisation, monitoring, observability, and reliability improvements, resulting in enhanced service performance across distributed services.
- Collaborate across engineering, architecture, and cross-functional teams from requirements analysis through implementation, testing, integration, and production readiness.
- Work with engineering and solution architecture teams to understand complex business workflows and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Implement automated unit and integration testing using JUnit and Mockito to improve application quality and production readiness.
- Develop and maintain React and TypeScript components/interfaces supporting full-stack application workflows.
- Design and develop solutions for Network Domain Orchestrator (NDO), a large-scale telecom OSS platform supporting network provisioning, orchestration, and service lifecycle management.
- Technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, Microservices, REST, gRPC, Kafka, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, React, TypeScript, JUnit, Mockito, RAG, Vector Databases, Spring AI, Amazon Bedrock
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack & Distributed Systems
TARGET
Bangalore
09.2022 - 01.2025
- Designed and implemented scalable backend microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, and Micronaut.
- Built event-driven systems using Apache Kafka to support high-volume retail transactions and asynchronous business workflows.
- Developed REST APIs and enterprise integrations enabling seamless communication between multiple distributed services and platforms.
- Participated in architecture discussions and technical decision-making focused on scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Worked with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
- Led development of post-purchase services improving order tracking, cancellations, returns, refunds, and customer self-service experiences.
- Investigated production issues, conducted root-cause analysis, and implemented solutions enhancing application reliability.
- Improved observability and operational support through monitoring enhancements and proactive identification of system issues.
- Conducted code reviews and collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready features.
- Contributed to automated testing and performance improvements across backend services.
- Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, Micronaut, Kafka, AWS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis, Microservices, REST APIs
Software Engineer
EPAM SYSTEMS
Pune
07.2021 - 09.2022
- Designed and implemented backend microservices supporting distributed enterprise communication systems.
- Built and integrated REST APIs supporting enterprise application workflows and system integrations.
- Collaborated with product and business stakeholders to gather requirements, delivering scalable software solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Investigated application issues, optimising code to enhance system performance and reliability through effective monitoring.
- Collaborated with distributed engineering teams to deliver production-ready solutions in an Agile environment.
- Developed collaboration and communication capabilities for Refinitiv Messenger, enhancing messaging workflows, media sharing, and trade-order communication.
- Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, SQL, AWS, DynamoDB
Software Engineer
ACCENTURE
Pune
03.2018 - 06.2021
- Built RESTful APIs and enterprise integrations using Java, Spring technologies, and SQL.
- Developed backend services and repayment functionality for banking customers under COVID-19 relief programs, enhancing customer support during crisis.
- Developed and supported enterprise banking workflows in collaboration with distributed engineering teams.
- Participated in application support, investigating production issues, debugging, testing, and implementing performance improvements, ensuring system reliability.
- Collaborated through software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to testing and production support, facilitating seamless project delivery.
- Worked with React for frontend application development and integration.
- Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, SQL, REST APIs, React, AWS
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV)
Bhopal06-2017
Skills
- Java 17
- Java 11
- Kotlin
- Spring Boot
- Spring WebFlux
- Micronaut
- Microservices
- REST APIs
- GRPC
- Apache Kafka
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Reactive Programming
- AWS
- EC2
- ECS
- Lambda
- S3
- RDS
- API Gateway
- CloudWatch
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Helm
- CI/CD
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- DynamoDB
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- Graph Databases
- Performance optimisation
- Database Optimisation
- JUnit
- Mockito
- API Testing
- System Integration
- Grafana
- Kibana
- Prometheus
- Zipkin
- Reactjs
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- TanStack Query
- LLMs
- RAG
- Vector Databases
- Spring AI
- Amazon Bedrock
- MCP
- AI Integrations
- Solution Design
- Enterprise Integration
- Requirements Analysis
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Incident Management
- Code Reviews
- Agile Development
- Code Reviews
- Performance optimisation
- Agile Development
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified Developer - Associate
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- 3X AWS Certified
Custom
8+ years, Full Stack Development, Java Backend, Distributed Systems, Cloud-Native Applications, RAG, LLM Applications, Spring AI, Amazon Bedrock, Vector Databases, Agentic Workflows, Open to relocation to Riga, Latvia
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack, Distributed Systems & AI Engineering
NETCRACKER
01.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack & Distributed Systems
TARGET
09.2022 - 01.2025
Software Engineer
EPAM SYSTEMS
07.2021 - 09.2022
Software Engineer
ACCENTURE
03.2018 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV)